Clothesline



Feb. 5, 1935. J. H. KLAMER ET AL CLOTHESLINEI Filed D90. 9, 1955 Patented Feb. 5, 1935 7 15990335 CEOFEHESLINE a, appease-members, 1m; =S'erial1-1NoJ'wL584' H a I "8 'l'ai1hs.

rue q'ourpose o'f this invention is to i1"cw i"d'e a clothes line of the type that' may' be reached thru a window inwhich aportion ef the line-may b (IIQiW-Ii thru' th'e window with the line in 1611- sion so th'at elothesmawbehimg upon or rerh'oved from-the line from the interior the entire line ma y -be movedas a unit to the outsi 'e." Many clothes lines-of this' type have been pr oiiided ;--however, it is necessary to-reach ont of the -window to hang clothes on' the iine "or slack the line in order to draw a portion of it thru the window an'd li'n'e's' or these types are objectionablgj i. t i.

The object of the invention is, therefore, to provide means rorsiipporting a clothes line in which the'lentire' line may "be moved as a unit and'saiportiomthereo'f 'rnay' l-exten'd m the inside Iof the: window so "that clothes :o'rf the ilikeimay the hung thereon or removedtheretrom without re leasingmhefiine. I 1 'Another' obj eat-,iistb provide f'mean's .ior "attaching azgiiideiline to :a clothes line so that the pul by holding the vouter end' of-athe clothes iliIIB may readily :move inward or 'outwardwhfle the line is in" tension, and in 'whichgthe 'tension may! be adjusted. :zf 1 with these ends in view, the invention embofdies a bracket :adapt'ed: to'be attached to the side of a window frame, a bar slidaible im-:said bracketand having ahead apulleyr of a crotnes line held -:onthe inner; end thereof; a, tail pulley," awguide :pulley adapted :toj'be attached :to'a. fixed. object 1 outside. of. the; window, and} a guide s line attached "to the outerend of-saidbarandfpassing around ao-pul-leywin said; bracket and alsoaround the guide puiley and with the outer endjiattaehed' to: the tail ;pu11ey,=and:suitab1e brackets; for sup porting-said, device. l

"@ther features and-advantages 'of the inven-v ti'on appear irom' the -foillowirig description taken 'inconnection with the iir'awirig wherein:

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Figure 2 is a; view on a -s1ight1v ia'rger soaiie, looking tbwardf'the opposite" side "of the device andshowing an alternatedesign. I

Figure 3 is a detail showing theinner end or the device in the design shown in"Figi1re '2;

igure 4-Iis a. cross section;th'rui'll ie 'tiibillanbar Figure 5 is a man View, of the device ofg 'the device. on line 6-56 of- -Eig-ure 3.

Figure '7 is a plan View similar to in V Figure '5 with pants emitted showing Jan .911-

pivetaily attached byabetuowihfl"? ubfianii rollers Band 6 make it possible rcr theb'ar '1' h e s v 1 may be provided withghardS'Z-Z and 2 Figurefi sis a cross section :thru theirmerjend that shown or a; Window name by a bra a'ck of the bracket. A projection 1:3 may extendme ons iii I side'pf tihe machete-seems rnaiihaVe-an opening 14 therein thru which a bolt or screw may be filacedfwhich will holdi'n the: edge of the window frame,- whereas the face "of the, Bracket Qfn'iayhe he'ld-bybolts er-scr ws is-{and is n; 'the ends' there-er. It-W'ilibennderstoodthat this mouxitmgj is onl-y typical'as'the device ma be he d many other in'anner 'or' other means may beidsed for support-ing"fth'e"innerend thereof. It wiiii he noted that the inner end of the fbar "7- is-pivomny attac-e'd to the "arm 8*by a bolt 17 so "thatjth'e angle thereof may he "raised or lowered in: order to adjust-it be ny position therebymak n possibie Tar the clothes 'iine' 'to; extend strai H oatwarder toexterid upward or downwaid; The airm 8' is als'o pivotaily attached to the-breakers somat-the-hnrizomarangie mayfieis eadiusted thereby making it possible for the device to 'exY- tend straight outward from the window or jt'o' either side "and 'on'ce the device is i DdSitiOii it 88' may-he held-by a downwardiyfieittending braceI8 and a latrarbrace r9. These br'acesmay be atx-L baehe11itq 11heWiIid0WTfalmbfto thsid v building or"tofenyf suriaceagainstwhieh 't'h "if f vice may be held.- 'The relati fepositiofi's' of the 40 to besi pported attw'o points and these points. are] bar in either the oiiter'dr inner pos'itio The hea'd ney mounted atthe sna xiii '45 1 of the bar 1' b yja bracket '20 we thebracket' -y be-prov-ided wan knee z-r-by which itme position to theother. 9;].ly mounted-in the bracket '20 arid th a. fitithis end oif me dev icefa'nd-th'e gumlnietze F the guide line and by taking up the line at this 38,,may bedrawn inward by drawing point it is possible to take up slack in the guide line and thereby take up slack in the entire clothes line so that the clothesline may be kept in tension.- Fromithe pulleyj24 the guide line 26 extends outward over another pulley 29 which may be held to a post or other fixed object located at some a. distance from the window and after passing around this pulley the guide line is attached. to.-.- the bracket 30 of thetail pulley 3 at the .p'oint31.

' The pulley 29 may be provided with a guard 32 by i which it may be held by a cord 33 or by any'other' means to the fixed object andthe bracketior'iguard 30 is provided with an upper extension. havinga roller 34 positioned therein to ride upon theguide' line- 26 thereby holdingthe tail; pulley 3 ,in the upright position. e I n I'he guide line may also be 'provided' as shown in' 'Figureflin which' an additional pulley. 35 is provided above the pulley 29 and another pulley 36 isprovided above the pulley 24 thereby making i P bl to ra s he e a on. 1. sni i so that it-is a suiiicient distance above the clothes t p ve tih .wra p n fla pund he u line asthey are blown by the wind. in this design the extension on the bracket 30 of the tailpulley 3 may also: be extendedupward and provided with a roller37. so that it may roll upon the guide line. It'will'. be appreciated that any other means may be provided for holding the guide line or, I for separating it from the clothesline at any point orpoi'nts h It willbenoted that the device may be mounted upon the outside of a window frame andpositioned just below the upper sash and normally the entire device will extend outward with the tail pulleykheld outward'byzthe guideline When it is desired "to hang clothes upon the device the clothes line," which is indicatedgby the it numeral h .b fll by'the'handle 21 and as this is drawn inward, the

head. and tail pulleys 2 and 3 will move inward to their respective positions indicated by the dotted lines 39 and 40 so that the'h ad pulley will be i The device'may' also be madepas shown in F ure 7,. in which thepulley 2 is mounted upon a considerably inside of the .window and clothes may be hung thereon or. removed therefrom. Any ype oiline may be usedand the pulley may; be. of any sizeor mounted orarranged in any ma npin 41 .in a yoke 42 at the end o'f "the b arf land the. head43of the pin snaps into a $1054; of; a member which may, be attached to the bar 7 nd -;which extends ,downward therefrom. A

wing 4e isprovidedlbetwe'en thehead .43 and the side of theyoke and the opposite end i 'l of the 1 is ld f h dle 4.8. ha in ri ich .49 thereon and it will be noted that as thehandle is twisted tdeithr side, it will draw the pin'g41 thru theyoke, compressing'the spring anddrawr, ing the head out oi the slot 44 so that the-device. maybe released andpu'lled; inward; and, when the device is moved outward, the head 53 will en-' gage the bevelled surface and slide upward so that itwillsnapintothe slot. 'I-heg'construction will? be readily understood from the foregoing description." Inluse the device may ,be installed .asflhereinbefore. described.

" and clothes may beplaced on the line-or removed therefrom by drawing the head pulley inward and it will be noted that as the head pulley is drawn inward with the rod 1, the guide line 26 will move outward as one end thereof is attached to the outer end of the rod 1 and the other to the tail pulley 3 so that'as the rod 1 moves inward the tail pulley will also move inward a similar amount thereby maintaining a constant length of the guide line 26. The device, therefore, makes it possible vto inovethe end; ot a clothes line in thru a window while the line is held in tension and constant tension may. be maintained by taking u'p'the length of the guide line thru the thumb screw28 at the outer end of the rod 1, and after the clothes. have been placed upon or removed from theline' it is only necessary to take hold of the knob and move the entire line back out of the window and to the outside or drying position.

,In the design shown in Figures 1 and 2 the device 'isshown attached to the outside of a window frame and'the dotted lines indicate'the position ofthe inner, end of the device whendt iscdrawn inward'inside or the window. :Thev

clothes may be placed uponthe lower sideot the clothes line, as indicated byrthe -.dotted.;11ines,

Theline. is. free to rotate about the. head and tail v pulleys as it is independent of the guideline and; therefore, may move with the pulleys inany 1305i? tion. l

, Having thus fully,describedthe inventionpwhat v we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz; 1

i 1. Aclothes linecomprising a continuous. line, head and tail pulleys upon .whichsaidj line. is mounted, a. bracket adapted. to. be attached. to the outside of a window: frame; an arm .slidable in said bracketandupon which the head pulley of said clothes line is mounted, and antauxiliary guide line attached to a. pulley-blockv attheouter end of the clothes line in which said .tail' pulley.

ismounted'and passing. over aflxed pulley beyond theouter end thereof and also over a flxedpulley. at the inner end thereof, with the inner end at: tached to the slidable arm at a point-between the pulleyat the inner end of theclothesline and the-pulley;at the outer end for holding the line-in'tension. u v

2. In combination, a continuous clothes-line having head and tail pulleys, means mounting said'tail pulley, a bracket attachableto the outside of a window frame, means slidablymounting the head pulley of said 'clothes'line in said bracket,

and *a guide line with the ends attached to said head and tail-pulley mounting-means with the inner end at'tached at a-point between said head and tail pulleys, said guide line passing over fixed outer and inner pulleys and. adaptedito hold said tail pulley outward; with continuous tension. as the line is moved,;-said head. pulley; mounting means adapted to permit-the head end ofsaid clothes line to be moved thru the window. 3. A combination asv described in claim 2 having rneansinsaid'bracket for adjusting the angle of said head pulley mounting means to compensate for raising and the clothes line; I ,V

4. A combination as described in .c1aim 2fin which the end of the'guide lineis attached to the head pulley mounting means by a thumb screw whereby the length of the guide line may readily be changed to adjust the tension of said clothes line. A I .5. A combination asdescribed in claim 2 having lowering the outer endof means holding said guide line above said'clothes line with the tail pulley of the clothes line supported therefrom.

6. A combination as described in claim 2 in 5 which the head pulley mounting means comprises a tubular bar, mounted on rollers on a support extending from said bracket.

7. A clothes line as described in claim 1 havin a'spring latch in the the arm in the outer position.

8. A combination as described in claim 2 having a spring latch for locking said head pulley mounting means in the outer position.

- JOHN H. KLAMER.

1 EJNAR NYBORG.

inner end of said arm engaging a recess in said bracket adapted to hold 

